Soccer Preview: Ripley vs. St. Joseph Central
Ripley has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the St. Joseph Central Irish at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
If Ripley beats St. Joseph Central with six goals on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Everything went Ripley's way against Poca on Thursday as Ripley made off with a 6-1 victory. With that win, the Vikings brought their scoring average up to 2.7 goals per game.
They hit Poca with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Easton Haile (2),
Everett Kish (2),
Cade McCoy, and
Jake Holmes.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph Central extended their postseason success on Thursday against Lincoln County. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers an 8-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Irish, who have now won 12 contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Ripley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5-3 record this season. As for St. Joseph Central, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-2-3.
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